Aelise Teronne was an assassin working for the Kandu Law Enforcement. She was part of a group of trained superhumans who were programmed into forced killing. Escaping from her controllers, Aelise goes to set things right and make up for what she had already done. Twisting herself into tangles of all things complicated, she learns to treat herself not as a violent assassin, but as a changed person.

A writer is often defined as "anyone who writes". This study initiates a discussion to refine what it means to be a writer—because being a writer is more than just being someone who writes. Interviews and analysis found that there were twenty identifiable attributes for writers that go beyond just writing and confirm that the simple act of writing does not make one a writer.